Creative, my ass.

[framlingem]

It occurs to me that I am completely and utterly pants at writing temporal transitions. I can hardly document every minute and action in the life of my character, and yet there's only so much 'hours passed', 'some time later', 'that evening', 'eventually', and 'finally' I can take as a reader, so I refuse to overdo it as a writer.

*bangs head on desk repeatedly*

In other news, I am now warm and toasty in my polar fleece socks, corduroys, and blue SWGC hoodie. Usually when I'm cold I put on my Celtae toque, but as that took a dip as well today, I can't.

Comments

[disc-sophist.livejournal.com]

...I am completely and utterly pants...

I have never heard this expression, but I already love it dearly, 'cause well, pants.

As for your writing dilemma, what about summing up the empty time- "After an uneventful bicycle trip" or adding a mini-event "After avoiding several unsupervised children, two sociopathic truck drivers, and an unexpected moose, he arrived at his destination." Okay, maybe not quite like that, but you get the idea.

[framlingem.livejournal.com]

The expression "pants" in this context is an Anglicism, I believe. Possibly a Briticism, and certainly not a witticism (which leaves it open to criticism... okay, I'm done now).

I believe I have solved the dilemna. It was found while writing a Harry Potter fic - likest thou Harry Potter fics?

[disc-sophist.livejournal.com]

Wait, lemme think... er... YES! What pairing?

[framlingem.livejournal.com]

No pairing. Not a one ;) Just good plain old-fashioned adventure, with some angst, mice, and elephants thrown in for good measure. And an uppity owl. However, the main characters are Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Lupin (of course. I confess to being a Lupin fangirl).

The (unedited) bits can be found on FFnet, where they are currently garnering preliminary feedback, under the title "A Paris Tradition" by Framling (that would be me).